Vegaviidae

†Vegavis iaai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Galloanseres

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Pangalloanserae Cladus: Galloanseres

Familia: †Vegaviidae
Genera: †Maaqwi – †Polarornis – †Vegavis
Genera dubia: †Australornis – †Neogaeornis

secundum Agnolín et al., 2017

Ordo: Anseriformes
Familia: †Vegaviidae
Genera: †Australornis – †Neogaeornis – †Polarornis – †Vegavis

secundum Worthy et al., 2017

Parvclassis: Galloanseres
Ordo: †Vegaviiformes
Familia: †Vegaviidae
Genera: †Vegavis

secundum McLachlan et al., 2017

Cladus: Ornithurae
Familia: †Vegaviidae
Genera: †Australornis – †Maaqwi – †Neogaeornis – †Polarornis – †Vegavis

secundum Mayr et al., 2018

Cladus: ?Galloanseres
Familia: †Vegaviidae
Genera: †Polarornis – †Vegavis
Genera dubia: †Neogaeornis
Genera excludenda: †Australornis

Name

Vegaviidae Agnolín, Egli, Chatterjee, Marsà & Novas, 2017

References

Primary references

• Agnolín, F.L., Egli, F.B., Chatterjee, S., Marsà, J.A. & Novas, F.E. 2017. Vegaviidae, a new clade of southern diving birds that survived the K/T boundary. The Science of Nature 104: 87. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-017-1508-y ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Worthy, T.H., Degrange, F.J., Handley, W.D. & Lee, M.S.Y. 2017. The evolution of giant flightless birds and novel phylogenetic relationships for extinct fowl (Aves, Galloanseres). Royal Society Open Science 4: 170975. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170975 Reference page. 
• McLachlan, S.M.S., Kaiser, G.W. & Longrich, N.R. 2017. Maaqwi cascadensis: A large, marine diving bird (Avialae: Ornithurae) from the Upper Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada. PLoS ONE 12(12): e0189473. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189473 Reference page. 
• Mayr, G., Scofield, R.P., De Pietri, V.L. & Tennyson, A.J.D. 2017. A Paleocene penguin from New Zealand substantiates multiple origins of gigantism in fossil Sphenisciformes. Nature Communications 8 Art. 1927. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01959-6 Reference page.